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Re:Chemotherapy, Then and Now by iskander on Sunday January 21, 2018 @05:48PM (#16200548)
Were metastatic melanoma and NSCLC considered "easy" before immunotherapy? My understanding is that they were near certain death sentences.

I think that the progress so far certainly looks revolutionary compared with the previous few decades. I also agree though that a lot of excitement is related to perceived future benefits.

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Re:Chemotherapy, Then and Now by mitchtbaum on Sunday January 21, 2018 @06:10PM (#16200645)
> I also agree though that a lot of excitement is related to perceived future benefits.

Yes. On this path, the promised land is always around the bend.

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Re:Chemotherapy, Then and Now by dekhn on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:13AM (#16204073)
are you ignoring all the major (incremental) advances made in the previous few decades? Like adjuvant chemotherapy?

You are also ignoring the immense dollar cost we had to make to have these achievements- not really justified by the massive expenditures required.

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Re:Chemotherapy, Then and Now by iskander on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:42AM (#16205166)
I'm relatively new to cancer research (start 4 years ago), so I might be ignorant of significant advances.

Did adjuvant chemo improve long term survival for any disseminated cancers?

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